Chester’s Furniture

I am with Kristen S… I did not buy anything, but WOW, great customer service really goes a long way. Super friendly guy. Was looking for a console table, didn’t have any but he told me to come back on Saturday because it’s when they get all of their new furniture in. Everything in the store is made of WOOD. Not MDF, not particle board, WOOD… it will be with you for a lifetime. Prices were jaw droppingly cheap. Almost left with a chest I have nowhere to put just because of this. Parking was a bit tricky as it’s on a main street, but I will be back with the mister next time we need a quality piece of furniture.

It seems like Chester’s Furniture has been in this spot for decades! I don’t remember how long it has been around but it has been a while! Kind of cramped and not a large inventory. But shopping here is unhurried and prices are very good! I recently purchased a piece of new furniture at Chester’s. An inexpensive chair that is sublimely comfortable.

Is it inappropriate to review a store even if I didn’t purchase anything? I just wanna give this place some lovin’ is all.
Well, Unilocal can take it down if it so pleases, but here is my honest review:
The best part about this furniture store is its namesake, Chester. My fiancé and I visited this place one afternoon while shopping for our apartment and sitting just inside was an elderly man. If you know me, I LOVE me some old people. Like really. I wanted to be best friends with this man. He smiled at us and asked us if we needed any help finding anything, but we just said we’d browse.
We looked around the surprisingly sizeable store and found a lot reasonably-​priced sofas, cabinets, dressers, tables and chairs in good to very-​good condition (though nothing «like new»). Honestly, if we were furnishing with a «this will do for now» mindset, we definitely would have walked away with a lot of things. However, we didn’t buy anything since we were looking for modern-​themed furniture, and there just wasn’t any in the store on that day.
After a while, we returned to near the front of the store and sat down on a leather sofa for a bit. We asked the old man if he was Chester, to which he replied «yes,» and then explained that it was his old furniture store, but after he had retired and his son took over, his son didn’t want to change the name. I just thought it was so cool that he still chooses to spend some time in his shop. ***
And that’s the part where I was all AHHH CAN I KEEP HIM?!
(End creepy review.)
***My fiancé and I were immediately struck with the desire to buy something from Chester, just because we thought he was so friendly and cool. We now refer to this feeling as the Chester Phenomenon. Oh, it’s a thing.

Great place to grab reasonably priced, QUALITY furniture. This isn’t the crap you buy at IKEA. The store has been family-​run for over 90 years; the owner, Dave, is very nice and personable, and even helped me carry a table out into the street and pack it into my car. I’m always down to support local business, particularly when the service is so good. I’ll definitely be returning for my future furniture needs.

Came here back in August after moving from a furnished apartment to an unfurnished one and needed some bedroom furniture. Great prices. Maybe a little more expensive than Ikea for desks and such, but the good news is the furniture is already put together so its totes worth it. Will definitely be returning soon!

I went to Chester’s looking for a chair to go with my vintage desk. Here’s what I thought:
Pros:
Lots of very interesting pieces and practical pieces too.
The prices are totally reasonable and the owner is willing to haggle a little with prices if necessary.
Really nice guy running the place.
Cons:
Street parking on University sucks.
Be careful to look at the price tags, some of the more interesting pieces in the front are already spoken for. I only say this because I fell in love with something only to see that it had ‘sold’ written on the tag.
I will be back!

Chester’s makes for a quaint, low-​pressure furniture shopping experience. No pushy salespeople; no flashy ads or display rooms.
And not to mention, they have GREAT deals. Though it may be a little pricier, I like shopping here over Craig’s list because I can actually see my options in one convenient location. I prefer this, as opposed to driving all over town to different people’s homes, being exposed to shady characters and varying degrees of sketchiness.
The friendly, elderly salesman sold us a dining table, rocking chair, and nightstand/​dresser for $ 100 flat! Though the pieces were used, it didn’t take much TLC to fix up our furniture. The quality of wood was solid, and excellent for the price.
If you’re planning to come here, don’t go right at closing because they will often close up shop early if it’s a slow day. Other than that, I highly recommend Chester’s for furnishing your apartment, condo, or other humble abode.

Awesome prices, awesome service. Dave has always been helpful with all our purchases. If he doesnt have it, he can get it. The world needs more businesses and business men such as this.

This place needs to be better publicized! It is great! A nice, curated selection of quality used furniture – things you’d actually want to buy, in contrast to the bunches of furniture I’ve been passing over in thrift stores the last few weeks.
I bought a mirror for $ 40 and a cabinet/​buffet for $ 70. They delivered it for $ 12 to my place in North Park. Everyone was very friendly. The man working there told me they get shipments on Saturday mornings and other times throughout the week, so I’ll be checking back!

it’s a very small store but was perfect for what i was looking for — a nice solid/​sturdy coffee table and end table (i’m done with the ikea particle board thing). the furniture there is new but priced as if it were used. i had been scouring craigslist for days and couldn’t find anything before i ended up here. the guy working there was really nice and gave us a discount for purchasing more than one piece. i think the final price for the two tables was $ 125.

Eek. I hate to be the black sheep of this bunch, but I didn’t think this place was worthy of the five stars. They claim to have new and used furniture, but it looks like most of the furniture is new.
The style of their furniture wasn’t really what I was looking for, and the selection wasn’t too great. For the price, I think you’d be better off searching Craigslist for a similar piece of furniture for a cheaper price.

Everything is pretty clean and organized here; which is not always the case with non-​chain furniture stores. It is a mix of old and new furniture. I found a red chair for $ 39 that came in that day. Apparently they have new pieces coming in quite often.
Saturday mornings seem to be a good time to visit!

I wish I’d known about this place before I furnished my apartment. As we browsed, I commented to my bf, «I feel like I’m on Craigslist.» The stuff is priced just that cheap. There were great couches ($ 100 – 180!), bookshelves, dining sets, coffee tables, armoires, even a hat rack. A $ 20 wine rack table was oh so tempting, but I had nowhere to put it. Everything was clean and while there were a lot of things, it didn’t feel cramped. It didn’t have that funky thrift-​store smell either.

My boyfriend and I ate brunch at the Mission one Sunday, and took the scenic route to walk home. Usually when we walk by (later on weeknights) this place is closed but the windows always look interesting. While I wasn’t really in the market for any specific piece of furniture, ye olde apartment is pretty bare (as in: bed, two stools, two pillows on floor) so I’ve been wanting to look around in here. This particular day the store was open. Sarah F is right — it is CHEAP! You can get an antique (not the highest quality, but definitely usable and certainly unique) piece of furniture for less than what Target or Ikea is asking for particleboard do-​it-​yourself pieces of crap.
We walked in and looked around. The owner is very friendly and greeted us shortly after we walked in, and was completely open to some jerkfaced kids invading his shop. The place is crammed full of stuff, old and new, and then we both saw a seafoam green loveseat from the 1940s with a scalloped back and carved wooden legs. Real wood! In Southern California! We sat. It was love. On a seat. (Pardon my horrible humor, I blame my dad.) For less than $ 100.
They do have a couple of bland, new couches and miscellaneous newer pieces, if you’re in the mood for new but would rather keep your money in the neighborhood — as you should.
Because we only live a couple blocks away, my boyfriend carried the loveseat home on his head. (Everyone has something less-​than-​necessary to say when someone is carrying a loveseat on their head whilst walking down the street, lemme tell you.) But I believe they do offer to deliver within North Park for $ 10 or $ 15.

I love this place! They actually have some really cool stuff here. An eclectic mix of end tables, dressers, etc. You could totally do a «shabby chic» look with the stuff here. And it is CHEAP — I mean really cheap. Like around $ 50 for a big dresser with 6 large drawers kinda cheap.